Comments on: Solar Is Not An Infant Industry (So why is it perpetually hyped and subsidized?)

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:30:02 +0000

Interesting. It certainly makes one see that many of the “just around the corner” claims have been just around the corner for decades.

I would have liked to see solar’s good applications take a little more precidence, especially garden lights and to-far-to-wire applications in the middle of nowhere. It is very nice not having to run wire through the flower beds, and solar is the only economical option for some people. However, it is a good article in it’s point.

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